YONEX Chinese Taipei Open 2018

[Justin L]

Line, though not very tall at 1.73m, making good use of her height

 

[Justin L]

Only 3 pts in it now, Line

 

[Justin L]

Well executed shot with deception, trademark TTY

 

[Justin L]

A loose net return from Line, duly punished

 

[Justin L]

Victory in sight, TTY

 

[Justin L]

As expected, that final shot, a little hold and flick by TTY to close it out

 

[Justin L]

Line's game demonstrates that if you have the speed, height and reach as well as a decent attack and defense, you can create some trouble for TTY now and then

 

[CLELY]

The spectators are roaring to see their heroine Tai Tzu Ying meets the expectation to top podium and regain her title that she won twice previously in 2012 and 2016. Tai dropped opening game for her slow start, then bounced back to demonstrate real capability in next two games, good performance by Line Kjaersfeldt along to this tournament only lost to world number on in finale. Host TPE picks another title through Chen HL/Wang CL who defeated their teammates Liao MC/Su CH.

INA back-up pair Prasetya/Islami clinchs XD crown, outclass local hopeful Yang PH/Wu TJ in one sided match. Then Japan WD Matsuyama/Shida finally bag WD title, beat compatriots the unranked Kurihara/Shinoya. The world number 22 ended as runner-up four times in this year.

Lee Zii Jia sparks glimmer of hope for MAS badminton fans to win Super 300 title here, thanks to his well determination and positive development that saw this young man could pass toughest test Chou Tien Chen in semifinal and spurs his motivation to eliminate Japanese experienced player Riichi Takeshita today. The lanky and tall Lee controls deciding game with powerful play as Takeshita started to make uncharacteristic errors.

Europe tour will begin next week, started with Dutch Open Super 100, back to back DEN, FRA Super 750 and Saarlorlux Open Super 100.

 

[Loh]

I laughed when I read Japan National B Team Coach Masuda's blog on today's MS final. It seems as though no-one was expecting Takeshita to get quite this far: Masuda spent last night scuttling around to book an extra night at the hotel and reschedule the return flight to Japan.

Well done for unseeded Takeshita too for entering the finals and surprising his coach!

Takeshita did well to scalp the following before losing to LEE Zii Jia 21-17, 16-21, 21-11:

WANG Tzu Wei [2] 21-17, 21-17
Sourabh VERMA 19-21, 23-21, 21-16
CHONG Wei Feng [8] 21-15, 21-11
Jan O JORGENSEN [5] 21-17, 16-21, 26-24

 

[Loh]

And unseeded Lee Zii Jia's journey was no less easy too:

In the process he beat all his opponents, captured the MS crown and rewarded with an inflated prize-money:

HSU Jen Hao [4] 21-18, 22-20
Chico Aura DWI WARDOYO [Q] 21-17, 21-8
Ajay JAYARAM 21-16, 21-9
CHOU Tien Chen [1] 17-21, 21-14, 24-22
Riichi TAKESHITA 21-17, 16-21, 21-11

LZJ will surely remember his match with CTC, a giant-killing act!

 

[ngkt67]

And unseeded Lee Zii Jia's journey was no less easy too:

In the process he beat all his opponents, captured the MS crown and rewarded with an inflated prize-money:

HSU Jen Hao [4] 21-18, 22-20
Chico Aura DWI WARDOYO [Q] 21-17, 21-8
Ajay JAYARAM 21-16, 21-9
CHOU Tien Chen [1] 17-21, 21-14, 24-22
Riichi TAKESHITA 21-17, 16-21, 21-11

LZJ will surely remember his match with CTC, a giant-killing act!

LZJ lost to CTC last year TPE Open SF round, this time LZJ defeat CTC this year TPE Open SF round...

furthermore LZJ also had his revenge as defeat Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo in round 16 as LZJ lost to him in WJC 2016 SF round which cost him failed to qualify to final round...